World

‘We are losing the race’ on climate catastrophe, warns UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the world was “losing the race” to avert climate disaster, but that greenhouse gas reduction targets were not out of reach yet.

The landmark accord saw countries pledge to limit the long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth to two degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, and if possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

“What I want is to have the whole of society putting pressure on governments to make governments understand they need to run faster, because we are losing the race,” he said, adding: “What the science tells us today is that these targets are still reachable.” Guterres said that inaction by some key countries, including the US, could be at least partly offset by action at the sub-national level, for example in the carbon neutral pledges made by the states of California and New York.

“I think one of the best things of the US society is the fact that it is a federal country… that decisions are decentralized, so I will be always very strongly in favor of keeping decisions on climate change as decentralized as possible,” he said.

He noted that major cities, regions and businesses were taking over, and that banks and investment funds were pulling out of the coal and fossil fuel sectors.

Guterres also cited the example of the European Union, where only three countries now oppose the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, and said that he felt a “new wind” in the push for renewable energy, especially with the growth of solar in India and China.

Failure to meet the goals laid out under the Paris agreement could lead to the crossing of so-called “tipping points” such as the thawing of the Earth’s permafrost that further accelerate warming, creating a situation where extreme weather events become the norm.

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost, “but that requires profound changes in the way we produce food, in the way we power our economies, in the way we organize our cities, in the way we produce energy.” “I feel that more and more people, companies, cities, and governments, are understanding that needs to be done,” he said.

37 Comments

37 Comments

  1. Pingback: buy weed online

  2. Pingback: keto

  3. Pingback: กู้เงิน

  4. Pingback: buy axiolabs steroids with credit card

  5. Pingback: maha pharma steroids legit

  6. Pingback: Azure devops

  7. Pingback: ativan 2mg generic online

  8. Pingback: Red Bull Wholesale Factory

  9. Pingback: repliki zegark��w

  10. Pingback: Canon Sure Shot 115U manuals

  11. Pingback: lace front wigs

  12. Pingback: Regression Testing

  13. Pingback: devsecops

  14. Pingback: replica omega watches

  15. Pingback: sell good cvv

  16. Pingback: order blue yellow valium pills 2mg 5mg 10mg with imprints teva 3926 3927 for sleep and anxiety overnight delivery in usa canada uk australia cheap

  17. Pingback: Embedded payments

  18. Pingback: cbd wholesale

  19. Pingback: cloud enabled transformation

  20. Pingback: maxbet

  21. Pingback: Official Gun Website

  22. Pingback: mp3juice

  23. Pingback: สินเชื่อส่วนบุคคล อนุมัติง่ายที่สุด

  24. Pingback: burnley trans escorts

  25. Pingback: maxbet

  26. Pingback: Investing in the stock market

  27. Pingback: 토토달팽이

  28. Pingback: best porn videos

  29. Pingback: Side hustle

  30. Pingback: Buy Guns Online

  31. Pingback: visit their website

  32. Pingback: mushroom chocolate lyrics

  33. Pingback:

  34. Pingback: ufabet

  35. Pingback: empresa assistência informática

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

13 + seventeen =

News is information about current events. News is provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, and also on the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. It is also used as a platform to manufacture opinion for the population.

Contact Info

Address:
D 601  Riddhi Sidhi CHSL
Unnant Nagar Road 2
Kamaraj Nagar, Goreagaon West
Mumbai 400062 .

Email Id: [email protected]

West Bengal

Eastern Regional Office
Indsamachar Digital Media
Siddha Gibson 1,
Gibson Lane, 1st floor, R. No. 114,
Kolkata – 700069.
West Bengal.

Office Address

251 B-Wing,First Floor,
Orchard Corporate Park, Royal Palms,
Arey Road, Goreagon East,
Mumbai – 400065.

Download Our Mobile App

IndSamachar Android App IndSamachar IOS App
To Top
WhatsApp WhatsApp us